Food
Raw fish with cold rice internationally known as this.
What is sushi?
Japan's capital
What is Tokyo?
Japanese comics
What is manga?
The era that saw modern development from Europe and America change Japanese from 1868-1912.
What is Meiji?
What you should say to your teacher every morning
What is ohayou gozaimasu?
A condiment produced by fermented soy bean, water, salt, and other ingredients with super long names
What is soy sauce?
The country closest to Ryukyu Islands.
What is Taiwan?
As a prominent film director and animator, he has claimed international recognition...and directed such anime as Spirted Away and Howl's Moving Castle
Who is Hayao Miyazaki?
A military warlord appointed by the emperor
What is shogun?
This, is a lighter and simpler casual-wear version of kimono often worn in summer or at home
What is a Yukata?
Unagi
What is eel?
Japan's second largest island due north
What is Hokkaido?
This female artist is the best selling solo singer in Japanese history, ranking her among the best-selling singers in the country. One of her songs is called, "M"
Who is Ayumi Hamasaki?
The two countries Meiji Japan had a war with from 1868-1931
What are Russia and China?
Popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically and popular with older people.
What is enka?
Japanese horseradish that is often put on sushi
What is wasabi?
The fourth-largest city in Japan and home to a famous brewery (beer company) of this name
What is Sapporo?
This word has become popular around the world to describe the type of comic book and animated movie culture in Japan.
What is anime?
This Emperor, also known as "Emperor Showa" in Japan, was in power during WWII.
Who is Emperor Hirohito?
This artist painted The Great Wave off Kanagawa, using the method called Ukiyo-e (woodblock printing)
Who is Hokusai?
Fried octopus..in a ball-shaped dumpling
What is takoyaki?
A forest that's a popular place for suicides
What is the Aokigahara forest?
This mechanical game used for gambling that uses small steel balls and is very noisy.
What is Pachinko?
An era in Japan when the country was ruled by the shoguns of a certain clan from 1603 to 1868 and had Japan closed off from international relations until Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy negotiated the opening of Japan to the West.
What is the Edo or Tokugawa period?
This, is a custom on New Years to give money to children in decorated envelopes
What is Otoshidama?